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A court in the Russian Far North will next month hear a case brought by the mother of dead opposition leader Alexei Navalny<\/a>, who has been prevented from seeing his body, his allies said Wednesday.<\/p>\n Lyudmila Navalnaya has travelled to the remote IK-3 prison where her son died<\/a>, but since Saturday, when she arrived, she has been prevented<\/a> from seeing his body.<\/p>\n On Tuesday, she appealed to Russian President Vladimir Putin for the release of her son\u2019s body.<\/p>\n The TASS<\/em> news agency reported the court had received a complaint on \u201cillegal acts\u201d and that the hearing would take place behind closed doors.<\/p>\n Navalny\u2019s team said on social media the court in the Arctic city of Salekhard would consider the case on March 4 \u2014 more than two weeks after Putin\u2019s opponent died.<\/p>\n